A "NEO-NAZI" who plotted to murder a Labour MP with a 19inch Gladiator-style machete was encouraged to target Amber Rudd, a court heart today. But Jack Renshaw, 23, allegedly believed the former Home Secretary was too well protected when "ringleader" Christopher Lythgoe told him to target her, it was said. He is accused of buying a Gladius Machete blade with the intention to kill his local politician Rosie Cooper last summer. Afterwards, he planned to take hostages to lure a police officer to the scene so he could kill her too, jurors were told. The murderous scheme was foiled by a former National Action member who reported the threat to Hope Not Hate. Renshaw, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, was given the blessing of National Action leader Lythgoe at a meeting in a Warrington pub, the Old Bailey heard. Lythgoe allegedly told him: "Don't f*** it up." On the opening day of his trial at the Old Bailey, Renshaw pleaded guilty to preparing acts of terrorism as well as making a threat to kill … [Read more...] about ‘Neo-Nazi’ who plotted to murder MP with 19inch machete ‘was encouraged by National Action ringleader to kill Amber Rudd’
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Man on trial in ‘National Action’ case admits plotting to murder MP
News / UK and world by Press Association June 12, 2018, 12:00 pm Updated: June 12, 2018, 12:04 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter An alleged National Action member has admitted plotting to murder an MP. Jack Renshaw, 23, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, bought a Gladius Machete to kill Rosie Cooper last summer. On the opening day of his trial, Renshaw pleaded guilty to preparing acts of terrorism as well as making a threat to kill police officer Victoria Henderson. Judge Mr Justice Jay directed the jury to deliver a formal guilty verdict on the first two charges Renshaw faces. He is on trial alongside Christopher Lythgoe, 32, from Warrington, who denies giving Renshaw permission to murder the West Lancashire MP on behalf of National Action on July 1 last year. The pair, along with Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Merseyside, Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, Andrew Clarke, 33, and Michal Trubini, … [Read more...] about Man on trial in ‘National Action’ case admits plotting to murder MP
Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Leads Protest Outside NFL HQ After Kneeling Ban
Al Sharpton’s National Action Network helped lead a protest Friday outside the New York headquarters of the National Football League. The demonstration comes in response to the league’s new rules aimed at ending player protests during the playing of the national anthem. Over a dozen demonstrators appeared outside the midtown Manhattan HQ of the football league, led by members of the National Action Network (NAN), a civil rights organization, The Hill reported.Some of the small group worse jerseys featuring the name and number of former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick, the NFL player who invented the anthem protest at the start of the 2016 football season. NAN Northeast Regional Director Kirsten John Foy slammed the NFL team owners and President Donald Trump for supposedly quashing the player’s right to protest. “Our demand is that the NFL reverse that immoral and unconstitutional decision,” Foy exclaimed. Foy’s group was joined by the NAACP, the … [Read more...] about Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Leads Protest Outside NFL HQ After Kneeling Ban
President revises national action plan for human rights
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has signed a presidential regulation amending presidential regulation number 75 of 2015 concerning national action plan for human rights for the 2015-2019 term. The president signed the regulation on April 10, 2018 out of consideration that the action plan needs to be implemented in a sustainable way to respect, fulfill, protect, uphold and promote human rights, the Cabinet Secretariat said on its official website on Tuesday. With the new presidential regulation, the president revised the lineup of the joint secretariat of national action plan for human rights by admitting the Foreign Ministry as a member of the joint secretary along with the Law and Human Rights Ministry, the Social Service Ministry, the Home Affairs Ministry, and the National Development Planning Ministry/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas). Under article 4 sub-article (3), the joint secretariat of national action plan for human rights is … [Read more...] about President revises national action plan for human rights
Black Parkland survivor Aalayah Eastmond recalls horrific shooting at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network
Aalayah Eastmond recalled slipping beneath the lifeless body of one of her classmates when a gunman opened fire at her Florida high school nearly two months ago. The Stoneman Douglas High School junior shared the horror and heartbreak of her experience as suspected shooter Nikolas Cruz picked off her fellow students on Saturday as she joined the National Action Network’s weekly rally in Harlem. “I thought it was a paintball gun,” Eastmond said of Cruz’s AR-15. “I saw my classmate slumped over … that’s when I realized it was real.” Eastmond noted that she and other black survivors of the Feb. 14 shooting haven’t received as much media attention as students like David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez. “You see the same students being recycled on the news,” she said. “We’re working towards putting our voices out there more." Eastmond joined with high school students from across New York who have formed an … [Read more...] about Black Parkland survivor Aalayah Eastmond recalls horrific shooting at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network